Selected Works of Edward Said 1966 - 2006

<b>The renowned literary and cultural critic Edward Said was one of our era's most provocative and important thinkers. This comprehensive collection of his work draws from across his entire four-decade career including his posthumously published books making it a definitive one-volume source. <p/>Said is a brilliant and unique amalgam of scholar aesthete and political activist...[He] challenges and stimulates our thinking in every area. --<i>Washington Post Book World</i></b> <p/> <i>The Selected Works</i> includes key sections from all of Said's books including his groundbreaking <i>Orientalism;</i> his memoir <i>Out of Place</i>; and his last book <i>On Late Style</i>. Whether writing of Zionism or Palestinian self-determination Jane Austen or Yeats or of music or the media Said's uncompromising intelligence casts urgent light on every subject he undertakes. <i>The Selected Works</i> is a joy for the general reader and an indispensable resource for scholars in the many fields that his work has influenced and transformed.